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3. Motoring Maps

Episode 3 of 10

In his exploration of modern cartography, Mike Parker recalls a bygone age of elegant motoring maps. From 2010.

Self-confessed map addict Mike Parker explores modern cartography.

The ultimate in cheap and ubiquitous mapping, there's scarcely a vehicle in the land that doesn't contain a dog-eared road atlas.

Road maps and their digital descendent, the sat nav, may guide us efficiently around our nation's highways but they don't tell us much else about the landscape we're speeding through.

Mike recalls a bygone age of elegant motoring maps and considers how modern road mapping and its unrelenting emphasis on our motorways and trunk roads has changed our picture of Britain.

Producer: Jeremy Grange

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in March 2010.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 17 Apr 2024 09:30

Broadcasts

  • Wed 24 Mar 2010 15:45
  • Thu 26 Sep 2013 14:15
  • Wed 17 Jun 2015 14:15
  • Thu 18 Jun 2015 02:15
  • Wed 14 Jun 2017 14:15
  • Thu 15 Jun 2017 02:15
  • Wed 20 Feb 2019 14:15
  • Thu 21 Feb 2019 02:15
  • Wed 17 Apr 2024 09:30